Quintin Jardine's blog

. . . to Andy Nimmo for that speedy comment. No, Andy, I was not washed anywhere by the recent North Berwick storm. In fact I wasn’t within a thousand miles of it, as we’ve been in Spain for the last week.

Things you forget: latest on the list is this . . . do not head north on the Ronda de Dalt through Barcelona at around 6:30pm on weekdays. It took us the best part of an hour to clear the city, all of it nose to tail. It was worth it in the end though,

as the weather’s been pretty decent ever since. Coffee time looms, so we’ll be heading down there again.